July 25, 2000

Age 19

All I remember about this dream is that I was carrying in a tarantula cage to a birthday party at the science museum that I work at. I opened the top of the cage, as I usually do, and started talking about the tarantula. One kid asked if he could touch it, and I told him it would be better not to, but if he wanted to, just go from the top, not from the side to pet him. Well, he stuck his finger in from the side underneath the tarantula, and like lightening it shot up unnaturally straight on all legs, then curled around to bite him. He jerked his finger back, and asked me why it bit him, and I just told him, "You didn't listen to what I said."